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Viking’s Choice: Psalm Zero Masters Its Own ‘Undoing’

Unlikely collaborations can unnerve and unwind heavy and extreme music in ways we’d never before imagined. There’s Painkiller, the guts-spilling grind-jazz band featuring saxophonist John Zorn, bassist Bill Laswell and Napalm Death drummer Mick Harris. Doom-metal duo The Body regularly engages outside its genre, including works with a female choir, a post-rock band and, soon, dark electronic musician The Haxan Cloak. Now, we can add Psalm Zero to the list with The Drain, one of the most oddly compelling heavy-music albums of the year so far. Take a listen to “Undoing.”